JG Cully's writing blog about the Haldred Chronicles series of fantasy detective novels.

Monday, 14 October 2013

Good days and bad

Don’t be worried by the title, JG’s not having a bad
day. I am just reflecting on the tendency
with writing to have your good days and bad.

A good day is when you get a lot of writing done,
obviously. My Sunday yesterday was such
a day, were I was able to sit down and make a lot of good progress on not only ‘Tales
of Larrick City’ but also on a number of other little projects; that’s a good
writing day.

A bad writing day is just a day were either you’ve set time
aside for writing and get nothing done, or a day where you just don’t have the
time to get anything done in the first place!
How does one overcome such obstacles?

For me, half the battle is fought and won when you have set
some time aside. It doesn’t necessarily
need to be a strict routine thing (e.g. 1 hour every day). Just means that if you’re planning your week
you make sure that you’ve set some time aside to write. Secondly, to defeat the problem of having
nothing to write during those times, taking quick notes is a must.

Inspiration, after all, can come at any time but you might
not be in a position to elaborate on something you thought off at the time. So, instead, quickly jot it down or make a
note on a phone. Then, when it comes to
your ‘writing’ time, you can bring out the note / phone and properly write up
the idea, which might possibly cascade into further ideas.

Now as I said in my previous blog, I don’t think I’ve been
in the game long enough to be dispensing advice, so veterans may consider this
just ‘what I do’ as apposed to definitive directions on how to write up your
story. Just a little thought J.

Meanwhile, as I said, I made very good progress on Tales of
Larrick City and have now got a lot of the ground work done. However, the middle of the mouth is coming
soon so I really need to kick it up a gear if I am to finish the 1st
draft by the end of the month and be ready for Nanowrimo. Hopefully over this week I will grab some
‘writing time’ as intended and get more done.
I also now have 6 reviews on Amazon.co.uk for Kalla which is
fantastic. My thanks again to everyone
who has been reviewing my book, it really helps!